The National Transportation Safety Board will hold an investigative hearing on the Dec. 18 passenger train derailment in DuPont that killed three men and injured 62. The July 10-11 hearing will be held in Washington, D.C. and also cover a Feb. 4 collision in South Carolina.

Nearly 30 minutes of 911 emergency calls released Tuesday detail in real time the drama of last Saturday’s fatal cougar attack in the Cascade Mountain foothills. Cyclist S.J. Brooks, 32, of Seattle was found dead beneath a log, dragged there by the cat.

In a remarkable display of nature, a fox kit carrying a rabbit in its jaws is swooped down upon by a bald eagle which wrests the meal free in San Juan Island National Historical Park on Saturday, May 19.

A driver said he fell asleep at the wheel of his semi, hit a guard rail and rolled over on northbound I-5 near Federal Way early Wednesday, blocking lanes and dumping chicken feathers across the roadway.

A Washington man was arrested on suspicion of torturing, mutilating and killing his ex-girlfriend’s horse, Spokane County authorities said, after she told him she would not reconcile. He also left a bag with horse tail hair on her porch, cops say.